Junior ready to take on a bigger role after two quiet seasons

1:11 AM,
Nov. 16, 2012

Emma O'Connor has stepped into the starting lineup for Marist this season.

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Shortly after halftime last Friday night, around when the Marist College women's basketball team's second-half comeback began looking more like a second-half blowout win, Emma O'Connor lined up and fired from behind the 3-point arc.

The junior had already fueled the opening-night rally, recording four points, three rebounds and an assist, as the Red Foxes turned a seven-point halftime deficit into a one-point lead in four minutes' time.

As her fifth attempt from downtown became the first to pass through the hoop, O'Connor backpedaled back on defense, pumping both fists and screaming ...